Exploring the Ruins Part II: Risk vs. Reward
Friday, January 18th, 2008
After returning from my excursion into the wilderness and back to the Royal Center Ruins, I make my way into the Hazararama Temple reserved exclusively for the former nobility. The structure is beautifully preserved. Intricate carvings detail all of the columns and facades. The former glory of this dead civilization further impresses itself on me every minute, but this section is overrun by tourists and schoolchildren. The overabundance of people is wearing away the passive clarity that I achieved in the solitude on top of the boulder hill, so I climb back on the motorcycle and head for a more remote temple to explore. [read on]